Coral-tailed cloudwing facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsCoral-tailed cloudwing
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Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
	Libellula bimaculata Desjardins, 1835; Libellula pallida Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Libellula tillarga Fabricius, 1798; Tholymis paratillarga Singh & Prasad, 1980;

Tholymis tillarga, the coral-tailed cloudwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found from tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Common names include old world twister, evening skimmer, crepuscular darter, foggy-winged twister and twister.

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with reddish eyes, yellowish red thorax and coral red abdomen. Its wings are transparent; but hind wings have a golden-brown patch in the base, bordered by a cloudy-white patch. Female is brown and lacks the cloudy-white patch in the hind-wings.

It is a migrant with a permanent presence in humid parts of the tropics. It breeds in standing water-bodies; and prefers weedy ponds, swamps and lakes. They are active at dusk and dawn, as well as during cloudy days.

Gallery

Male showing white patches in wings
Male
Male flying
Young male with little colouring in his wings
Young male viewed from under
Young male
Young female
Young female
Adult female
Old female
Females without white patches in wings
Female wings
Male wings